Hat and coat rack.



PATENTED FEB. 6, 1906.

A. W. GOOD.

HAT AND SEAT BACK.

unwnmx TILED mu 9, 1905.

ALVAH W. GOOD, OF ZANESVILLE, OHIO.

HAT AND COAT RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented Feb. 6, 1906.

Application filed May 9, 1905. Serial No. 9,530

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALvAn W. G000, a citizen of the United States, residing at Zanesville, in the county of Muskingum and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat and Coat Racks; and I do declare the followin to be a full, clear, and exact description of t 1e invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it ap ertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to improvements in bat and coat racks.

The obg'ect of the invention is to provide a rack 0 this character having pivotallymounted hooks which are adapted to be swung into and out of operative position, means being rovided whereby the hooks will be held rigid when swung to an operative position.

A further object is to provide a rack having hooks formed with a pluralit of horns or sup orting devices whereby a at, coat, and um rella or other article may be suspended from the same hook.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the rack constructed in accordance with the invention, part of the hooks thereon bein shown in operative position and the others Iolded back to an inoperative position; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view of the rack, taken on a line with one of the supporting-hooks, said hook being shown in an operative position.

In the embodiment of the invention I provide upper and lower horizontally-disposed paralle are 1 and 2, which are spaced apart and connected together by cross-bars 3. To the upper supporting-bar 1 may be attached screw-eyes or other devices 4, whereby the same may be hung on a wall.

Between the bars 1 and 2 are arranged a series of hooks 5 which are preferably formed from a single piece of wire bent to form a plu rality of horns 6. The up or and lower inner ends of the wire hook are ent upwardly and downwardly at right angles to the same to form pivots 7, which are adapted to be sprung into engagement with bearing-apertures 8, formed in the up er and lower supportingbars 1 and 2. 'l he upwardl -bent u per ends 7 of the hooks are adapted to exten entirely through the a ertures 8 in the upper supporting-bar 1 an to project a short istance above the same to form finger-pieces 7.

On the outer side of the upper bar 1 immediately above each hook is secured a plate 9, having on its lower edge midway between its ends a notch 10. The lower edge of the plate is beveled or inclined downwardly from each end to the notch 10, as shown at 12, whereby when the hook is swung to an o erative position the upper portion of the 00k will engage one or t e other of the inclined lower edges of the plate and will be forced downwardly thereby until the hook reaches an o erative position immediately below the note 10, at which time said upper portion of the hook will spring into the notch, thereby holding the hook in an operative position. When it is desired to fold the hooks back to an inoplerative position, it is necessary to depress t e upper portion of the same b pressing down upon the finger-pieces 7, t us disenga ing said portion from the notch, after whic 1 the hooks may be swung inwardly.

A rack constructed and arranged as herein shown and described may be constructed at a minimum expense and will be found useful and efficient, the lurality of horns provided for each hook enabling the same to support a hat, coat, and umbrella or other artic c.

From the fore oing description, taken in connection with t 1e accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described rack comprising a pair of horizontall -disposed, parallel supporting-bars space apart by cross-bars 3, resilient hooks 5 pivotally mounted at their ends between said sup orting-bars, said hooks being constructed and mounted to swing from a position at right angles to said supporting-bars to an inoperative position flat against the same, holdinglates 9 secured to the upper supporting-bar, t e lower ed e of said plates being inclined downwardly om their ends to the center and provided with a notch with which said hooks are adapted to IIO spring into engagement, thereby locking the In test mony whereof I have hereunto set same in olperative position, and finger-pieces my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 7' formec on the upper pivoted ends of said hooks, said finger-pieces passing through the upper supporting-bar to enable said hooks to be swung to an inoperative position, substantially as deseribedi I'IBSSGS.

ALVAH W. GOOD. Witnesses:

GEORGE BROWN, CALDWELL H. BROWN. 

